One of the daughters of the late former Cabinet minister Nicholas Biwott declined inheritance from her late father, leaving a chunk of the empire for division to other beneficiaries.
Ms Rita Field-Marsham, a lawyer and humanitarian based in Canada, swore a deed of disclaimer releasing her one-fourteenth of late Biwott’s share that he gave her in a will he wrote on January 19, 2017, six months before he died.
Rita is one of the two daughters of Johanna, a woman of Dutch origin, who married Biwott in 1965. Her sister is Rhoda Jakobsoon.
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Rita and Rhoda were among seven children of Mr Biwott that would each receive a fourteenth of the wealth that will be up for distribution.
Rita did not give reasons for her turning down of the offer in her statement that she filed on December 18, 2017.
“I am named as a beneficiary of a share of the deceased’s estate,” she stated. “I wish to disclaim all my right, title and interest to the share in the deceased’s estate.”
She, however, gave a condition that those distributing the wealth should handle her forfeited share as if it was part of her father’s estate if she was not a beneficiary.
Her father had noted in his will that if any of the beneficiaries does not take his or her share, “it shall be added to the other shares equally”.
The document left behind by the late Biwott — one of the most secretive public figures that Kenya has ever seen — has become public only recently. Biwott wealth.